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Planning board backs Meisner Plaza hotel and conditional sale of city lot despite neighbor objections
Summary
The board recommended approval of a 12‑story hotel project and the conditional sale of a small city‑owned parcel near Meisner Park, while residents and the Tower 155 condo association raised concerns about notice, parking, traffic and project scale; the board forwarded the IDA and sale ordinance to Council on split 5–1 votes.
The Planning and Zoning Board on Thursday recommended approval of a proposed 12‑story Meisner Plaza hotel and related conditional sale of a roughly 0.29‑acre city parcel at 190 NE 2nd Street, advancing the project to City Council despite vocal opposition from nearby residents and Tower 155 Condo Association representatives.
City senior planner Susan Lesser described the application as a Community Redevelopment Agency IDA request for a 12‑story, 242‑room hotel with 34,840 square feet of retail and roughly 152,322 square feet of below‑grade structured parking. Lesser said the project would rely on the interim design guidelines to permit a 140‑foot maximum height and is seeking a technical deviation to reduce required off‑street parking from 569 to 372 spaces; staff…
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